Privacy Management Team Manager

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This position reports to:

Group Head Legal - Digital, Data & Cyber

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ABB protects the personal data of employees, customers, vendors and other individuals across its global operations. ABB's Binding Corporate Rules for Data Privacy (BCRs) provide a consistent framework for protecting personal data across ABB group companies worldwide. The BCRs meet the world's highest data privacy standards and are approved by data protection authorities.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape ABB's data privacy strategy together with the Group Data Protection Officer and lead the Privacy Management Team, consisting of data privacy specialists based in multiple jurisdictions. You will oversee the implementation, execution and maintenance of the BCRs and compliance with data privacy legislation around the globe.

In collaboration with stakeholders in the Business Areas, Divisions, countries and Corporate Functions, you will anticipate, identify and address privacy risks, maintain the BCR framework, and connect ABB's global privacy community. As a business partner you will provide risk-based, practical and business-friendly solutions.

The work model for the role is: hybrid.

This role is a key member of the Legal and Integrity Center of Expertise Digital, Data, Cyber, AI & Data Privacy within ABB's global organization. The role reports to the Group Data Protection Officer and head of the CoE. Main stakeholders include the privacy leads in the Business Areas, countries and Corporate Functions and owners of a business process involving personal data.

 

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Shaping ABB's data privacy strategy with the Group Data Protection Officer, assessing risk and maturity, and translating priorities into measurable action plans.
• Owning the effective implementation, operation and maintenance of the ABB Binding Corporate Rules for Data Privacy.
• Building and maintaining privacy awareness among leaders and key risk groups, aligning improvement activities, and designing and leading targeted training.
• Partnering with and advising Business Areas, Divisions, Corporate Functions, countries and process owners on their privacy obligations and practical implementation. Actively connecting and aligning ABB's global privacy community, working with privacy leads across Business Areas, Corporate Functions and countries to share expertise and drive consistent execution.
• Building commitment to data privacy across the organization, adapting strategy and ways of working as ABB evolves, with a strong focus on practical innovation, simplification, standardization and business-focused solutions. Navigating a complex global organization and working effectively at all levels, using sound judgement, influence and negotiation to achieve time-bound compliance outcomes, while building trusted stakeholder relationships and ensuring alignment.
• Monitoring global regulatory and technology developments, determining where action is needed, proactively developing risk-based and pragmatic solutions that enable business objectives and coordinating timely implementation and review with relevant stakeholders.
• Leading the Privacy Management Team, setting priorities, managing delivery and remaining accountable for the quality, relevance and effectiveness of the team's services. Acting with a strong business-partner mindset and a clear drive for results, creating an open, collaborative and accountable team environment, coaching team members and supporting their growth, knowledge-sharing and learning through visible, proactive and decisive leadership, while owning and managing the data privacy budget responsibly.
• Providing pragmatic, risk-based and business-friendly legal support, including advice on contracts and the development and maintenance of policies, guidance and templates.
• Introducing scalable strategies, tools and technology, including appropriate use of AI, to make the team's services simpler and more effective, while continuously improving privacy processes and ways of working.
• Maintaining a clear global reporting framework, using meaningful metrics and dashboards to show privacy performance, support decisions and drive follow-up action.
• Collaborating across the CoE Digital, Data, Cyber, AI & Data Privacy and contributing privacy expertise to integrated, business-focused solutions.

 

Qualifications for the role

• You have at least 7 years of relevant experience in legal, privacy, and compliance roles within a global organization, combined with strong commercial awareness and an understanding of global business operations.
• You possess expert knowledge of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and strong working knowledge of major global privacy laws and regulatory requirements.
• You have a good understanding of legal and regulatory developments in digital, data, cybersecurity, and AI, with experience working across compliance, technology, and IT control frameworks.
• You have demonstrated people leadership and organizational skills, including coaching, delegation, emotional intelligence, and the ability to develop and motivate teams.
• You possess strong stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration across global and cross-functional teams.
• You are proactive, energetic, and service-oriented, with strong personal integrity, sound judgment when handling sensitive and confidential information, and a results-driven approach.
• You are passionate about process improvement, technology, and innovation, with a hands-on, structured, and outcome-focused approach to delivering simple, efficient, high-quality, and business-relevant solutions on time.
• You are at ease communicating fluently in English at a professional level.

 

Your benefits:

• Enjoy a stable employment in a company with a long history in innovation and technology.
• Collaborate with experienced experts in an international environment.
• Seize individual development and training opportunities, from job specific to soft skills.
• Private medical care (including offers for family members) and life insurance.
• Receive attractive remuneration based on your experience and skills, and other financial benefits, such as annual bonus and internal share purchase program.
• Choose from various benefits in kind, ranging from healthy lifestyle offerings, to knowledge sharing, to teambuilding activities.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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